This book gives a brief history of square-rigged ships of the British North American merchant marine, an area of shipping history not previously well-covered. Many of the ships and crews the author writes about worked on the Grand Banks as a part...

Newfoundland and Labrador--History; Newfoundland and Labrador--Colonization; Great Britain--Colonies--America; Newfoundland and Labrador--Church history

1st edition. Prowse's History of Newfoundland (1895) remains to this day the most famous account of the colony's history. Mixing detailed primary source research with his own extensive collection of anecdotes, Prowse presents the story of...

This book contains the minutes of meetings of Newfoundland's House of Assembly and Legislative Council held in 1910 as recorded by their respective clerks for the second session of the twenty-second General Assembly.

School management and organization--Newfoundland and Labrador; Education--Newfoundland and Labrador

This report contains statistics for Newfoundland public schools within the Church of England's School Board for the year ending June 30th, 1912, as well as a brief review of the work of inspected schools and recommendations for possible...

This catalogue is from an art exhibition featuring Canadian and Newfoundland paintings from the art collection of the International Business Machines Corporation, a company whose president recognized the "importance of the cooperation between...

The Newfoundland National Convention was tasked with examining, and then making recommendations to the Government on future actions based on the reports of ten committees formed to analyze the social and economic conditions of Newfoundland. This...

The Newfoundland National Convention of 1948 was tasked with examining and making recommendations to the Government on future action based on the reports of ten committees formed to analyze the social and economic conditions of Newfoundland. This...

Boats and boating--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's; Regattas--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--History

This is a collection of interesting events from the earliest years of the Regatta. As the early history of the Regatta wasn't officially recorded, Murphy intended to ensure these stories weren't forever lost to history by creating this work.

This book contains the minutes of meetings of Newfoundland's House of Assembly and Legislative Council held in 1916 as recorded by their respective clerks for the fourth session of the twenty-third General Assembly.

Methodist Church--Newfoundland and Labrador--History; Methodists--Newfoundland and Labrador--Biography; Newfoundland and Labrador--Biography; St. John's (N.L.)--History

Written to commemorate the centenary celebrations of the Methodist church in Newfoundland, this book contains biographies and portraits of important Methodist figures in Newfoundland, images of Methodist churches in St. John's, as well as a brief...

Newfoundland and Labrador--Colonization; Great Britain--Social life and customs

The Golden Fleece is an elaborate work full of historical and classical allusions, with the ultimate goal of promoting Newfoundland as a colony for Great Britain. Written under the pseudonym Orpheus Junior, the book has three parts: the first is an...

The Commission's 1937 Report is the result of an extensive review of Newfoundland's fisheries, excluding the seal hunt. It identifies problems and recommends solutions, and also includes detailed information on the related history, politics,...

This book gives a thorough description of the diseases that have played a major role in Canadian and Newfoundland history, and the physicians who worked to eradicate them. In the second of two volumes, public health in Canada is continued, and is...

Newfoundland and Labrador--History--1855-1934; Fishery law and legislation--Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador--Foreign relations--Treaties

This is a reply by the Colonial Secretary of State, Henry Pelham-Clinton, to an address on the French Shore Question made in the Newfoundland Legislature by the Governor of that colony. Pelham-Clinton's reply was in support of the proposed...

Hoppkins was a mineralogist who accompanied Peary on his 1896 Arctic expedition, the aim of which was to search for minerals, fossils, a previously seen meteorite, and to visit Greenland. The ship used on the voyage was the Hope, sailing out of St....